tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post295010664239360672..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: This Week's Big Thirsty From Geoff in Georgia.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54796172969612214652016-03-13T03:25:25.472-04:002016-03-13T03:25:25.472-04:00I am yet another sad case who will probably never ...I am yet another sad case who will probably never be able to retire, all those years of having been a postdoc having been very expensive, and will probably therefore die at my desk---if the goons in the newly reactivated Manzanar internment camp don't beat me to death first, during the Trump administration.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28246064666272471122016-03-12T00:33:43.123-05:002016-03-12T00:33:43.123-05:00On my current schedule I have 2,100 teaching days ...On my current schedule I have 2,100 teaching days till I retire (so clearly, yes, it's something I think about).<br /><br />If everything goes well (a big "if" given Batshit U's current direction), I'll be happy to retire where I currently live.<br /><br />There are lots of things I think I'll miss, but more than anything I think I am going to be so happy to never see EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72230094953203502092016-03-11T22:18:06.459-05:002016-03-11T22:18:06.459-05:00I'm forty five years old and this is my third ...I'm forty five years old and this is my third year of full time teaching. <br /><br />How'd that happen?<br /><br />A year off after college, a <i>long</i> drawn out time at grad school between waiting for my project to run (one of the downside of Big Hamster Science) and having a hard time putting the polish on the analysis, and then three post docs totaling another ten and half years.<dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89592215474278705622016-03-11T18:48:15.485-05:002016-03-11T18:48:15.485-05:00I hit my state's minimum halfway point for ret...I hit my state's minimum halfway point for retirement last year, so technically I'm on the downhill side. <br />However, I plan on retiring from the state and hiring on at a SLAC or in a different state and "double dipping" for a few years. This plan, such as it is, was set in motion a few months into my first "real" job. After all, I must live up to the mantle of the Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90706905765976713562016-03-10T21:54:03.337-05:002016-03-10T21:54:03.337-05:00Building that enhancement to the "plan" ...Building that enhancement to the "plan" in now! :-)Ego in Arcadianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4552655441872387912016-03-10T20:03:49.844-05:002016-03-10T20:03:49.844-05:00Preferably in the middle of a particularly lacklus...Preferably in the middle of a particularly lackluster student presentation. <br /><br />"Dude...you killed the professor!"Frankiehttp://frankiebow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89065995385219472632016-03-10T16:12:13.367-05:002016-03-10T16:12:13.367-05:00I can see it has some value, in allowing people to...I can see it has some value, in allowing people to adjust to life outside an institution and transition to what life will be like without the social structures it provides - it's worked well in the past for my department, for example by allowing us to continue to offer a much-loved final year elective for a couple of years after the colleague has mostly retired, and for the colleague by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28562014530285603712016-03-10T15:40:49.805-05:002016-03-10T15:40:49.805-05:00I just turned 54, and I've been teaching for--...I just turned 54, and I've been teaching for--gulp--27 years, the first six as adjunct slave. I love parts of this job and detest others--crappy, shitty, crappy papers and lazy-assed students and bureaucratic shitty shit like the shitty shit shit FEMA training I'm slogging through today. Arrrrgh. Here's my plan: One more year after this semester as full-time then the half-time The Gognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4210364159843184522016-03-10T15:28:09.152-05:002016-03-10T15:28:09.152-05:00Thank you for this.
The GogThank you for this.<br /><br />The GogThe Gognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82152580363558656442016-03-10T15:08:28.294-05:002016-03-10T15:08:28.294-05:00Hell, I just started and I'm looking at my 57t...Hell, I just started and I'm looking at my 57th birthday in a couple weeks. I may retire at 65 to work on books I want to write, even if I published them via The History Press and not an academic publisher. And I want to travel with my wife. She's a govie and started work at 21, so she can retire in two years and is itching to do so. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61063336271422733532016-03-10T15:02:11.598-05:002016-03-10T15:02:11.598-05:00I'm in still the beginning of my career: I'...I'm in still the beginning of my career: I'm just past the five year mark, and I got here via fairly direct route. <br /><br />Retirement will likely not be a choice: I have genetic and physical issues that are likely to start impacting hard in my 50's or 60's (if I'm lucky). <br /><br />I love my job, both as a librarian and as a teacher, but deeply worry about the fate and Madame Librariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34840341229509291022016-03-10T11:58:33.456-05:002016-03-10T11:58:33.456-05:00Top of my list of retirement "plans" is ...Top of my list of retirement "plans" is dying in the classroom from a massive coronary.<br />I think of it as a learning opportunity for the little dears.Ego in Arcadianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74403692560674587622016-03-10T11:38:26.648-05:002016-03-10T11:38:26.648-05:00My colleagues talk about continuing to teach or re...My colleagues talk about continuing to teach or research after they retire or win the lottery, just so they won't be bored. I simply don't understand this attitude. I have no love for this job, though it is better than most occupations. I could retire now but the problem is that I'd have to die by June because the money will run out quick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12019504156796189162016-03-10T11:19:15.183-05:002016-03-10T11:19:15.183-05:00I had two mentors, one hung on to the bitter end, ...I had two mentors, one hung on to the bitter end, nearly died in his office. One took his retirement as soon as able, with smaller pension, smaller benefits, etc., moved to a dirt cheap town in the Midwest, and happily lives 15 years on.<br /><br />If I can keep my health and sanity, I'm getting out as soon as I have enough money to rent a single wide in Flyover, Iowa.<br /><br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28142075251340678512016-03-10T10:10:38.579-05:002016-03-10T10:10:38.579-05:00I highly doubt I'm ever going to be able to re...I highly doubt I'm ever going to be able to retire. I expect to die at my desk. Possibly from slamming my head against the desk too hard at all the bullshit in the papers I'm grading.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52855536778375341972016-03-10T09:54:47.894-05:002016-03-10T09:54:47.894-05:00What path to retirement? As an adjunct, I have not...What path to retirement? As an adjunct, I have nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84385847645899697292016-03-10T09:53:17.551-05:002016-03-10T09:53:17.551-05:00I don't understand phased retirement. I mean, ...I don't understand phased retirement. I mean, I understand wanting to give up everything but half the teaching, leaving the administrivia and untaught courses for others to worry about. And I understand admins wanting to reduce faculty count without having to justify searching for new ones: just fill in seat counts with adjuncts, and who cares about majors or advising or coherent curricula. <Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69274031035828668332016-03-10T09:17:39.084-05:002016-03-10T09:17:39.084-05:00Seriously, Blogger: why does hitting the 'back...Seriously, Blogger: why does hitting the 'back' button re-submit your comment? That's just bad design.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7940925543872511912016-03-10T09:16:23.560-05:002016-03-10T09:16:23.560-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90559741721905725232016-03-10T09:16:18.151-05:002016-03-10T09:16:18.151-05:00I'm 44, I've been teaching for about 8 yea...I'm 44, I've been teaching for about 8 years, and Spring Break leaves me wanting to retire tomorrow. <br /><br />The main thing that discourages me is how the job looks like it's only going to get worse: more teaching load, less time for research, no raises, bigger classes, more responsibility, less time and energy to have fun playing with ideas and equipment.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.com